CVE-2025-52521
Trend Micro Security 17.8 (Consumer) is vulnerable to a link following local privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow a local attacker to unintentionally delete privileged Trend Micro files including its own.
Published:Jul 10, 2025
Last Modified:Feb 26, 2026
EPS:Jul 10, 2025
EPSS Score:0.0005
CVSS Score:7.8
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows
Microsoft
Windows
Vendor
Trendmicro
Product
Maximum Security 2022
Trendmicro
Maximum Security 2022
Vendor
Trendmicro
Product
Maximum Security 2023
Trendmicro
Maximum Security 2023
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
